All three supported restricting immigration: Brown by skill-level, Cameron by number, Clegg by region.

A friend pointed out the other day that capitalism needs both free flow of capital *and* of labour.

The Left usually wants free movement of labour (sympathy for those less fortunate in having been born elsewhere), but hates free movement of capital (preferring taxes, tariffs, and protectionism).

The Right usually wants free movement of capital (support for wealthier who have it to move) yet hate free movement of labour (because it means non-indigenous people changing our Britishness or something).

In that sense, the BNP get the dummy prize for consistency - protectionist economics *and* a hatred of foreigners moving here.

I'd love to see a major party that was prepared to say "if you are not a security threat, and if you agree not to be a net burden on the state until you are a citizen, come on in. We welcome you, and the economic prosperity you bring (if least in helping support an ever-aging population)"

They may all SAY they will be tough on immigration, but they all know that they can't be anything of the sort until we get back control of our own borders - which means leaving the EU.Having a controlled, sensible and moderate rate of immigration is not being 'draconian' - it is in the interests of all, including the immigrants.

The problem with immigration is that we, the indigenous population, like Americans, and Australians, and New Zealanders etc because they are white and have the same belief systems as ourselves. we can tolerate some Europeans - some French, Germans, Spanish, Dutch -because they are few in numbers and they are also civilised. But what we can't tolerate are the unwashed hordes of third world untermenschen who have invaded our lands. And to then tell us that they are our equals is to add insult to the situation. We don't want and we don't need third world, intellectual inferiors invading this country. And the sooner a party is elected to eject them the better.